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Recognize text

Add searchable English text with local OCR.

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Choose a PDF here, then continue directly to this tool.

How to use Recognize text

Recognize English text in scanned PDF pages using local OCR. Add an invisible searchable text layer while retaining the page image.

  1. Choose a scanned PDF and continue to OCR.
  2. Select the pages for English text recognition.
  3. Review the result and export your searchable PDF.

The English OCR model loads from this site on demand. Recognition accuracy depends on scan quality; multilingual recognition is not included.

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